New F-35B short vid

[+MigBuster]

Wonder how many other jets take off with a massive airbrake sticking out the top of it!

 

 

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIqchY1GAmU 

 

 

[MAKO69]

I would call it more of another air scoop/intake than a airbrake. 

[+streakeagle]

Those helmets look too bulky/heavy.

Fighter pilots always needed strong neck muscles, looks like they are going to be even stronger.

[+JediMaster]

The material is very lightweight. Expensive carbon-fiber stuff IIRC.

[+MigBuster]

The material is very lightweight. Expensive carbon-fiber stuff IIRC.

And specifically tailored to each individual pilot - suits you sir!

 

[+ST0RM]

The F-111 main gear door, as well as the C-130's nose gear door were huge barn doors.

[+JediMaster]

Well, in the F-111's case it also WAS the airbrake.

 

The AV-8B's main gear door is another one.

 

Of course, in the 35B's case it opens into the wind, so the max top speed has to be much lower than for an airbrake that opens against it.